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M. Thomas Record

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
79
Citations
21049
World Ranking
3637
National Ranking
1170

M. Thomas Record publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. Thomas Record sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 191 publications — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

M. Thomas Record D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where M. Thomas Record sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

M. Thomas Record is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant emphasis on Molecular Biology and Genetics. The scientist's body of work encompasses 57 publications in this main field of study, with subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Ecology, Materials Chemistry, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The research topics covered by M. Thomas Record's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, bacterial genetics and biotechnology, DNA and nucleic acid chemistry, protein structure and dynamics, RNA research and splicing, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as enzyme structure and function.

Frequent co-authors in their publications include Irina A. Shkel, Dylan Plaskon, Hao-Che Wang, Xian Cheng, and Kate Henderson. Record has published extensively in several scientific journals and platforms, with notable frequent publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by M. Thomas Record are:

  • How Glutamate Promotes Liquid-liquid Phase Separation and DNA Binding Cooperativity of E. coli SSB Protein, 2022, Journal of Molecular Biology
  • Temperature effects on RNA polymerase initiation kinetics reveal which open complex initiates and that bubble collapse is stepwise, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fluorescence-Detected Conformational Changes in Duplex DNA in Open Complex Formation by Escherichia coli RNA Polymerase: Upstream Wrapping and Downstream Bending Precede Clamp Opening and Insertion of the Downstream Duplex, 2020, Biochemistry
  • Experimentally determined strengths of favorable and unfavorable interactions of amide atoms involved in protein self-assembly in water, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Step-by-Step Regulation of Productive and Abortive Transcription Initiation by Pyrophosphorolysis, 2022, Journal of Molecular Biology

M. Thomas Record has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2007 and as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 1991.

Best Publications

  • Thermodynamic analysis of ion effects on the binding and conformational equilibria of proteins and nucleic acids: the roles of ion association or release, screening, and ion effects on water activity.

    Record Mt;Anderson Cf;Lohman Tm

  • Ion effects on ligand-nucleic acid interactions

    M. Thomas Record;Timothy M. Lohman;Pieter de Haseth

  • Hofmeister salt effects on surface tension arise from partitioning of anions and cations between bulk water and the air-water interface.

    Laurel M. Pegram;M. Thomas Record

  • Use of liquid hydrocarbon and amide transfer data to estimate contributions to thermodynamic functions of protein folding from the removal of nonpolar and polar surface from water.

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  • Responses of E. coli to osmotic stress: large changes in amounts of cytoplasmic solutes and water

    M.Thomas Record;Elizabeth S. Courtenay;D.Scott Cayley;Harry J. Guttman

  • Novel computer program for fast exact calculation of accessible and molecular surface areas and average surface curvature.

    Oleg V. Tsodikov;M. Thomas Record;Yuri V. Sergeev

  • Polypeptides containing highly conserved regions of transcription initiation factor σ70 exhibit specificity of binding to promoter DNA

    Alicia J. Dombroski;William A. Walter;M.Thomas Record;Deborah A. Slegele

  • Role of the hydrophobic effect in stability of site-specific protein-DNA complexes.

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  • Nonspecific interaction of lac repressor with DNA: an association reaction driven by counterion release

    deHaseth Pl;Lohman Tm;Record Mt

  • Biophysical compensation mechanisms buffering E. coli protein–nucleic acid interactions against changing environments

    M.Thomas Record;Elizabeth S Courtenay;Scott Cayley;Harry J Guttman

  • Thermodynamic Origin of Hofmeister Ion Effects

    Laurel M. Pegram;M. Thomas Record

  • Replacement of potassium chloride by potassium glutamate dramatically enhances protein-DNA interactions in vitro

    Leirmo S;Harrison C;Cayley Ds;Burgess Rr

  • Contribution to the thermodynamics of protein folding from the reduction in water-accessible nonpolar surface area.

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  • Biophysical characterization of changes in amounts and activity of Escherichia coli cell and compartment water and turgor pressure in response to osmotic stress.

    D. Scott Cayley;Harry J. Guttman;M. Thomas Record

  • Interpretation of monovalent and divalent cation effects on the lac repressor-operator interaction.

    Record Mt;deHaseth Pl;Lohman Tm

  • Crowding and Confinement Effects on Protein Diffusion In Vivo

    Michael C. Konopka;Irina A. Shkel;Scott Cayley;M. Thomas Record

  • Effects of Na+ and Mg++ ions on the helix–coil transition of DNA

    M. Thomas Record

  • Salt-nucleic acid interactions.

    Unknown

  • Quantifying why urea is a protein denaturant, whereas glycine betaine is a protein stabilizer.

    Emily J. Guinn;Laurel M. Pegram;Michael W. Capp;Michelle N. Pollock

  • Variability of the intracellular ionic environment of Escherichia coli. Differences between in vitro and in vivo effects of ion concentrations on protein-DNA interactions and gene expression.

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  • Relative binding affinities of monovalent cations for double-stranded DNA.

    M. Louise Bleam;Charles F. Anderson;M. Thomas Record

  • Temperature dependence of the rate constants of the Escherichia coli RNA polymerase-lambda PR promoter interaction. Assignment of the kinetic steps corresponding to protein conformational change and DNA opening.

    Jung-Hye Roe;Richard R. Burgess;M.Thomas Record

  • Roles of Cytoplasmic Osmolytes, Water, and Crowding in the Response of Escherichia coli to Osmotic Stress: Biophysical Basis of Osmoprotection by Glycine Betaine†

    Scott Cayley;M. Thomas Record

  • Thermodynamic stoichiometries of participation of water, cations and anions in specific and non-specific binding of lac repressor to DNA. Possible thermodynamic origins of the "glutamate effect" on protein-DNA interactions.

    Jeung-Hoi Ha;Michael W. Capp;Mark D. Hohenwalter;Mark Baskerville

  • Thermodynamics of interactions of urea and guanidinium salts with protein surface: Relationship between solute effects on protein processes and changes in water-accessible surface area

    Elizabeth S. Courtenay;Michael W. Capp;M. Thomas Record

  • Why Hofmeister effects of many salts favor protein folding but not DNA helix formation

    Laurel M. Pegram;Timothy Wendorff;Robert Erdmann;Irina Shkel

  • Monte Carlo studies of counterion-DNA interactions. Comparison of the radial distribution of counterions with predictions of other polyelectrolyte theories

    Pamela Mills;Charles F. Anderson;M. Thomas Record

  • Partitioning of atmospherically relevant ions between bulk water and the water/vapor interface.

    Laurel M. Pegram;M. Thomas Record

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy M. Lohman
Timothy M. Lohman Washington University in St. Louis
Irina Artsimovitch
Irina Artsimovitch The Ohio State University
Richard R. Burgess
Richard R. Burgess University of Wisconsin–Madison
James C. Weisshaar
James C. Weisshaar University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jung-Hye Roe
Jung-Hye Roe Seoul National University
Carol A. Gross
Carol A. Gross University of California, San Francisco
Samuel E. Butcher
Samuel E. Butcher University of Wisconsin–Madison
Rachel O.L. Wong
Rachel O.L. Wong University of Washington
Barbara A. Lewis
Barbara A. Lewis Case Western Reserve University
Robert Landick
Robert Landick University of Wisconsin–Madison

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